Desert T20 2017 Live Score, Schedule, Result, Points Table, Team Squad, TV & Live Streaming
The 2017 Desert T20 is an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that is scheduled to be held at the ICC Academy Ground in Dubai from 14th – 20th January. The eight Associate Members that have T20I status were scheduled to take part. Papua New Guinea declined to participate and were replaced by Namibia.
Dates: Jan 08 – Jan 21, 2017
Administrator: ICC
Host: UAE
Participants Teams: 8
| Pool A | Team | Pool B | Team |
| A1 | Afghanistan (9) | B1 | Netherlands (11) |
| A2 | Ireland (17) | B2 | Scotland (13) |
| A3 | Namibia (NR) | B3 | Oman (16) |
| A4 | UAE (14) | B4 | Hong Kong (15) |
Desert T20 Cup 2017 Schedule,Venue, Time, Matches
Desert T20 in Dubai from 14th – 2oth January, The matches will be played in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from January 14 to 20, Schedule of Desert T20 League announced, Fixtures and dates are declared by the Emirates Cricket Board.
Desert T20 feature fifteen Twenty20 match including two semi final and final. T20 Desert Cup 2017 is 7-day tournament will start on Saturday January 14th at Abu Dhabi Cricket Club’s Zayed Cricket Stadium, and will continue daily through to January 17th before relocating to Dubai Sports City’s International Cricket Stadium for the final 2-days of match play.
Date: Jan 14, 2017
Match: Scotland v Hong Kong Live Score, Pool B
Venue: Abu Dhabi Cricket Club’s Zayed Cricket Stadium
Time: 10:00 AM GMT , 2:00 PM
Result: Scotland won by 24 runs
Date: Jan 14, 2017
Match: Afghanistan v Ireland, Pool A
Venue: Abu Dhabi Cricket Club’s Zayed Cricket Stadium
Time: 03:00 AM GMT, 7:00 PM
Result: Afghanistan won by 5 wkts
Date: Jan 15, 2017
Match: Netherlands v Oman, Pool B
Venue: Abu Dhabi Cricket Club’s Zayed Cricket Stadium
Time: 10:00 AM GMT, 2:00 PM
Result: Netherlands won by 5 wickets
Date: Jan 15, 2017
Match: UAE v Namibia, Pool A
Venue: Abu Dhabi Cricket Club’s Zayed Cricket Stadium
Time: 03:00 AM GMT, 7:00 PM
Result: UAE won by 6 wkts
Date: Jan 16, 2017
Match: Oman v Hong Kong, Pool B
Venue: Abu Dhabi Cricket Club’s Zayed Cricket Stadium
Time: 10:00 AM GMT, 2:00 PM
Result: Oman won by 7 wkts
Date: Jan 16, 2017
Match: Afghanistan v UAE, Pool A
Venue: Abu Dhabi Cricket Club’s Zayed Cricket Stadium
Time: 03:00 AM GMT, 7:00 PM
Result: AFG won by 7 wkts
Date: Jan 17, 2017
Match: Ireland v Namibia, Pool A
Venue: Abu Dhabi Cricket Club’s Zayed Cricket Stadium
Time: 10:00 AM GMT, 2:00 PM
Result: Ireland won by 5 wickets
Date: Jan 17, 2017
Match: Netherlands v Scotland, Pool B
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City
Time: 03:00 AM GMT, 7:00 PM
Result: Scotland won by 7 runs
Date: Jan 18, 2017
Match: UAE v Ireland, Pool A
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City
Time: 10:00 AM GMT, 2:00 PM
Result: Ireland won by 24 runs
Date: Jan 18, 2017
Match: Netherlands v Hong Kong, Pool B
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City
Time: 03:00 AM GMT, 7:00 PM
Result: Hong Kong won by 91 runs
Date: Jan 19, 2017
Match: Afghanistan v Namibia, Pool A
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City
Time: 10:00 AM GMT, 2:00 PM
Result: Afghanistan won by 64 runs
Date: Jan 19, 2017
Match: Scotland v Oman, Pool B
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City
Time: 03:00 AM GMT, 7:00 PM
Result: Scotland won by 7 wkts
Date: Jan 20, 2017
Match: Afghanistan vs Oman, 1st Semi-final
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City
Time: 06:00 AM GMT,
Result: Afghanistan won by 8 wkts
Date: Jan 20, 2017
Match: Ireland vs Scotland, 2nd Semi-final
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City
Time: 10:30 AM GMT, 2:30 PM
Result: Ireland won by 98 runs
Date: Jan 20, 2017
Match: Afghanistan vs Ireland, Final
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Sports City
Time: 03:00 AM GMT, 7:00 PM
Result: Afghanistan won by 10 wkts
Desert T20 2017 involve seven T20 Associate & Affiliate nations (UAE, Ireland, Scotland, Afghanistan, Netherlands, Oman & HKG) and Namibia.
The Emirates Cricket Board have to host it and With the World T20 every four years its an opportunity to all the Associates to play each other and climb the global rankings.
Squads for Eight Associate Nations in Desert T20 Challenge 2017 UAE
United Arab Emirates (UAE) Team Squad: Amjad Javed (c), Mohammed Shahzad, Shaiman Anwar, Rohan Mustafa, Mohammed Usman, Rameez Shahzad, Ghulam Shabbir, Mohammed Qasim, Adnan Mufti, Mohammed Naveed, Ahmed Raza, Imran Haider, Mohammed Shanil, Zahoor Ahmed
Ireland (IRE) Team Squad: William Porterfield (c), Andrew Balbirnie, Joshua Little, George Dockrell, Jacob Mulder, Andrew McBrine, Kevin O’Brien, Barry McCarthy, Boyd Rankin, Greg Thompson, Paul Stirling, Stuart Thompson, Gary Wilson, Craig Young
Namibia Team Squad: Sarel Burger(c), Christopher Coombe, Gerhard Erasmus, Stephan Baard, Jan Frylinck, JP Kotze, Zane Green, Mika Mutumbe, Bernard Scholtz, Colin Peake, JJ Smit, Craig George Williams, Gerrie Snyman, Louis van der Westhuizen
Afghanistan (AFG) Team Squad: Asghar Stanikzai(c), Mohammad Shahzad, Amir Hamza, Dawlat Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Fareed Ahmad, Karim Janat, Mohammad Nabi, Najeeb Tarakai, Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Naveen-ul-Haq, Samiullah Shenwari
Hong Kong (HK) Team Squad: Babar Hayat(c), Kyle Christie, Christopher Carter, Anshuman Rath, Ehsan Khan, Cameron McAulsan, Ehsan Nawaz, Mohammad Khan, Nizakat Khan, Nadeem Ahmed, Shahid Wasif, Waqas Barkat, Tanveer Ahmed, Waqas Khan
Netherlands Team Squad: Peter Borren (c), Wesley Barresi, Ahsan Malik, Vivian Kingma, Michael Rippon, Stephan Myburgh, Pieter Seelaar, Max O’Dowd, Roelof van der Merwe, Timm van der Gugten, Tobias Visee, Paul van Meekeren, Sikander Zulfiqar
Scotland (SCO) Team Squad: Kyle Coetzer (c), Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, Josh Davey, Calum MacLeod, Con de Lange, Michael Leask, Craig Wallace, George Munsey, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Chris Sole, Brad Wheal
Oman Team Squad: Sultan Ahmed(c), Bilal Khan, Aqib Ilyas, Khawar Ali, Mehran Khan, Ajay Lalcheta, Mohammad Nadeem, Arun Poulose, Sufyan Mehmood, Rajeshkumar Ranpura
Desert T20 2017 Points Table, Team Standings, International T20 Tournament
Desert T20 2017 Points table for the International Twenty20 tournament shall be compiled by host United Emirates Cricket Board, below full information of points provided on different situation, Desert T20 2017 standings will be updated daily after match result with net run rate to know which teams are leading to the race of the playoff.
- 2 points awarded for each match won
- 1 point per team taking part in any match with no result and any match which is tied (super over not possible or super over also tied)
- 0 points awarded for any match lost
Desert T20 2017 Points Table, Team Standings (PLD – Played Matches, PTS – Points)
| Pool A | Team | PLD | PTS |
| 1 | Afghanistan | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | UAE | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Namibia | 3 | 0 |
| Pool B | Team | PLD | PTS |
| 1 | Scotland | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Oman | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 |
Playoff Matches
If any of the Final, the Eliminator, Qualifier 1 or Qualifier 2 matches are tied, or there is no result then The teams shall compete in a Super Over to determine which team is the winner of the match. If conditions do not permit a Super Over within the time available to determine the winner or if the Super Over is tied then the team which finished in the higher position in the League table will be the winner of the play-off match.
Desert T20 2017 TV & Live Streaming, Desert T20 Cup 2017 TV Broadcasting Right
Desert T20 2017 TV telecast and Live streaming information will provided here soon, till now there is no official news about TV broadcast and live streaming of matches, but Sky Sports likely to telecast matches live broadcast and live streaming through website.
TV Channels: Sky Sports
Live Streaming: Sky Sports
Desert T20 Cup 2017 Tickets
There is no official news about tickets, UAE Cricket board usually allow free entry to watch cricket matches.
